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  • Very beautiful!

  • Hi, VisioMusicum. Thanks for posting this wonderful video. I only recently became a fan of chant after watching a video that a friend recommended:

    youtube.com/watch?v=ZOB7FuMA1N­U&feature=socblog_th

    American Boy Choir signing Ave Maria by Richard Clark. I've fallen in love with it (can't start the day without listening to it at least once) and it has inspired me to explore similar music, like this amazing recording of the Dufay. Thanks for sharing!

  • I wish i could back in time and live XV century in Europe!

    Just love Dufay and Josquin Desprez!

  • brillant without too much

  • Thank you for posting this! I'm a composition student and I am writing a fauxbourdon piece as a school assignment. This is really helpful!

  • Great video!

    Can you tell me the name of the recording this is from?

  • @j27cn49s The name of the CD is "A Musical Book of Hours"

    It is on Archiv and has the number 457 586-2

    Other music on this CD is by Josquin Despres, Johannes Ockeghem, John Dustable and others.

  • @j27cn49s This is awesome! Very spiritually uplifting and calming, beautiful recording and complimentary video.

  • η μουσική του παντρεύει την αγγλική δροσιά με το γαλλικό ρυθμό, και τον φλαμανδικό μυστικισμό με την ιταλική απλότητα...

  • This is the early Renaissance music.

    So touched by this beautiful sounds.

  • @Beliber88 What is incorrect? The harmonies were written by Dufay. Music was no longer purely monophonic by this time. Kindly check your facts. And who has classified it as medieval? Medieval relates to when it was written, not the style in which it was written. The style is fauxbourdon and was typical of this period. In modern times it is common to use female voices.

  • @VisioMusicum Ok ok. Let me put the record straight. Yes, This piece is not Medieval, I don't know how anyone got that idea. Allow me to make a short analysis for you: This piece exemplifies exactly the processes that turned music from the Gothic sound into the renaissance triadic harmony.Dufay transitioned from the use open intervals, 5th, octaves, to using the intervallic content of 6ths, this technique is called Fauxbourdon.

  • @VisioMusicum The piece starts out in D Dorian tonality and in the plainchant style but after it is paraphrased into the part, it is transformed into Harmonic Minor by using “Musica Ficta” also known as accidentals. The Piece has many first and second inversion triads because it uses triadic harmony created by implementing a Fauxbourdon. The Texture of the piece starts out Monophonic during the Gregorian chant part but transitions into Polyphonic during the part with the Fauxbourdon.

  • @VisioMusicum Now for the longest time the Cantus firmus of a piece was in the Tenor part; Dufay first harmonized the cantus firmus using triadic harmony, paraphrased the cantus firmus and then placed it in the Superius part. (which will later become known as Soprano). This principle still plays a role in most modern music to this day. Any more questions? :)

  • This is not classified as Medieval music because Medieval music is Monophonic meaning only one melody line and NO harmonies. There were also no Females Clearly from 0:30 there are harmonies and those harmonies are Female voices. Therefore this is incorrect.

  • @Beliber88

    You're actually wrong. There was medieval music that was polyphonic. In the 12th century Guido of Arezzo made a musical treatise which included some guidelines for how to write polyphonic music. One of the main places of polyphonic composition inthe 12th century was at the Aquitatian Monastic Centers. Furthermore polyphonic music was written in Britian in the 12th century. The Renaissance in music history started sometime in the 14 century. Du Fay was a renaissance composer.

  • LOVERLY!!

  • oh my god this beautiful. I love fauxbourdon!

  • It is really nice how it transitions from the D dorian plainchant in to the Harmonic Minor triadic harmony along with the faux bourdon and Supirius's cantus firmus and musica ficta.

  • So many irrelevant quibbles and comments in the face of such obviously great music. Astonishing how many "music lovers'" ears are so stuffed with wool or squeezed shut by a swollen small mind.

    Taste cannot be disputed, and no one 'owns' music, not even the composer once they've drawn the double bar.

  • this music is for the Virgin Marie mother of God, not for the sky

  • @beanic00

    And what, exactly, is your point?

    You do realise that the word "stella" in the title means "star"? And that Mary is referred to as "star of the ocean" in the text.

  • @VisioMusicum Why you getting so testy over that comment Viso?????

  • @Bountykilla82

    Not sure which comment you mean.

    It's Zeppo that seems to be a bit "testy", but I don't know why he is posting at me.

    It should be aimed at beliber88. I know what fauxbourdon is.

    If you mean the comment about the stars, I'm simply informing the poster why stars were used in the video.

    Some people on here will complain about anything.

  • Reminds me of Halo

  • I also know this sung by The Hilliard Ensemble and with saxophone tune by Jan Garbarek. Look it up, it's grat too.

  • Lovely. Check out the marvelous versions of Dufay's great motet Nuper Rosarum Flores available on Youtube to get an idea of this greatest of early composers' style in a more formalized compositional style. His chansons, such as Ce jour de l'an and Hélas mon dueil (to give a light rondeau and more sad and serious example), are also among his very finest music.

  • Woah... I think I just fell asleep... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • Beautiful, thanks for sharing.

  • This must cause the atheist to say (possibly) what foolishness. I don't care.

  • Beautiful piece! I'm preparing to conduct Guerrero's famous setting of this text, and having second thoughts about which I like better. This is stunning. There's something about fauxbourdon that's really gripping to me—perhaps the harmonic instability: at least, that's what 21st-century ears might hear. It's odd to think that part of why I love listening to Dufay's music (and, even more, Machaut's) might be due to a factor that those composers likely wouldn't, or couldn't, have understood.

  • trance-sendence peter

  • is this polyphonic or homophonic or homophonic? hahaha i'm doing a music assignment

  • WOW. what are some other good dufay pieces or good choral pieces in general if I like this?

  • The entire melody being harmonized in fourths makes this sound so incredible, especially during the initial cadence at around 1:04 where the tenor sings that juicy b5. I have to wonder, since parallel perfect intervals as well as the mere presence of a tritone were at one time considered entirely evil by the church, how this man could've been considered as highly as he was. I wonder if the mere distance from Rome could've accounted for such totally different standards.

  • Dufay is a truly great composer...

    The first truly great composer

  • What does "Ave Maris Stella" mean?

  • @Magne8 It means "Hello Sea Star!"

  • "Hail, Star of the Sea," one of the names of Mary.

  • can you see God?

  • Its a shame when I go onto youtube to look into any music pre 20th century, there are a number of very arrogant musicians/listeners who put not only each other down (like they know more then the other), but think of themselves as better then anyone who associates with a specific genre of music they themselves may not be interested in. Musical taste is down to opinion, its ok to express that but not in such a way, that you think you are better then another for what you listen to.

  • Marvellous.

  • SOLI Deo Gloria

  • Heilige Maria, stella maris, bitte für uns Sünder, jetzt und in der Stunde unseres Todes. Amen.

  • beautiful.. simply beautiful

  • How refreshing to read intelligent and respectful comments. Oh, and I adore this music as well.

  • jot0ub, THIS KIND OF MUSIC IS NOT FOR PEOPLE LIKE. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR, HIP HOP? RAP MUSIC? THOSE ARE MUSIC OF THE DEVILS.

  • @RANIPOE No it isnt. This kind of music is old, and u cant hear them sing anything.

  • i lol'd

  • When I think Dufay, I think Missa L'homme arme and O tres piteulx (it would be great to have that song on youtube, btw). This piece is much more medieval sounding, although that probably has a lot to do with it being based on plainchant :p

  • The man was quite diversified in his styles of composition and instrumentation - he was the Mozart of his time!!

  • I totally agree. Whether it is the plainchant-based style of composing (in this case, Fauxbourdon) or just that thing that places medieval times far deeper in time which gives this piece an authentic Middle Ages photoframe.

  • This chant tune has been used in other medieval/ Renaissance music, possibly? Or maybe it's just a very famous piece of music, it's so interesting, especially for being so old!

  • Ave maris stella, Dei Mater alma, Atque semper Virgo Felix coeli porta. Sumens illud Ave Gabrielis ore, Funda nos in pace Mutans Evae nomen. Profer lumen caecis Mala nostra pelle Bona cuncta posce. Monstra te esse matrem,
  • could you tell me who sings it.. I can read it's Promerium, but who is singing and who is the tenor or soprano etc? :)

  • There are many! From the information with the CD, Pomerium are...

    Sopranos: Michele Eaton, Elizabeth Henreckson-Farnum, Alessandra Visconti, Marcia Young

    Altos: Johnson Flucker, Stephen Rosser, Neil Farrell (Haute contre)

    Tenors: Gregory Carder, Timothy Leigh-Evans, Michael Steinberger

    Basses: Mark Duer, Jeffrey Johnson, Kurt-Owen Richards, Peter Stewart

    They all sing on this track.

  • A really good song

  • che meraviglia questa musica!

  • Yes indeed. It is an example of "Fauxbourdon", and the first part is actually quoted in the Wikipedia article on that topic.

  • @VisioMusicum Fauxbourdon is my favorite composition style from the middle ages. I am currently writing a MIssa Brevis in that style. It is so hauntingly beautiful.

  • @VisioMusicum hahahahaha, nice one

  • Anyone know where I can get Pomerium, Virgin and the Temple CD by Dufay? Best liturgical chant ever...

  • fuck u u cannot compare this to mozart. 2 different style.. classical and medieval

  • Dufay was the mozart of the XV century!

  • @callimacos Dufay was more original...

    mozart was of course a musical genius and a prodigy, arguably the best of all time...

    but when you listen to joseph haydn you have to admit that Mozarts musical ideas were not that revolutionary, simply much more perfect..

    Of course that is just my opinion...

  • Have you strayed from the path leading to heaven? Then call on Mary, for her name means " Star of the Sea, the North Star which guides the ships of our souls during the voyage of this life," and she will guide you to the harbor of eternal salvation.

    "The Secret of The Rosary"

    -St. Louis De Montfort

  • Whomever picked out the video really helped paint a picture to put forth with the music for it was VERY beautiful and quite wonderful to listen to and enjoy, especially the bass choirists.

  • Was that the Oregon coast in that last slide?

  • I'm not sure where it is! I found the photo somewhere on the internet. No idea where the actual location is.

    Sorry.

  • Fantastic.

  • I don't feel that you need to apologize for squawking about your musical tastes. It obviously had little impact on me.

    By the way, I doubt that Haydn or Mozart would have agreed with you in your statement. One thing I've noticed about composers, and musicians in general, is that they have a lot of respect for those who came before them.

  • Uh...I have no idea what you're talking about, but you should get back on the crazy bus.

  • Is this performance by Pomerium or The Cambridge Singers?

  • This is performed by Pomerium.

  • This relatively unstructured music sounds a fresh and contemporary as ever, truly timeless and marvelously evocative. The video is gorgeous, a perfect match for the music.

  • Thanks for creating the best video on YOUTUBE!

  • Thank you very much.

  • I wish this song were longer. If it really longer, can someone please let me know?

  • It is actually longer. I have only used the first 2 sections. The whole piece consists of:

    The chant, followed by the polyphonic (choral) section, followed by the chant again, the polyphony again and finally the chant again.

    There is no more "new" music to hear if you play the whole piece, just repeats of what you have already heard.

    I'm glad you like this music.

    I could listen to it for ever.

  • Robert Kochis, a young Catholic singer, does a version of this song that I just love. It's much more musical and less of a chant. It is so beautiful and spiritual. For some reason, I can't post the link on here, but if you reply or message me back, I can give you the link of where you can go listen to part of the song at!

  • Love this piece <3 pax et bonum

  • I really enjoy medieval music of all sorts. Dufay is one of my favorates in Western Church music.

  • I want to sing this forever to Mary in heaven My soul loves this music, it is truly heavenly.

  • When the Phœnicians navigated to Europe, the way the sun sets, (Erev), they aimed planet and dea Venus as their way of life. In Medieval, the Europeans aimed Mary, Mother of God, as the Star of the Sea and Happy Door of Heaven for their destination. Our earthy Life is in the extreme dark and dangerous Sea. It is easy to be shipwrecked and perished in it. The metaphor of Mary as the Brightest Star in the Sky that guides Us to Heaven is the same interpretation in our time as well. Good Luck.

    Paul

  • What a brave man! To proudly state such ignorant views in such a bold fashion!

    Strictly Mozart for you is it? No Dufay? No Gesualdo? No Bach? No Ravel? No Hendrix? No Messiaen? No Stravinsky?

    No Hawkwind? No Radiohead? No Josquin?

    Seriously, educate yourself out of the hole you are in, QUICK!

  • I played in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in several proms and conducted many concerts at cambridge university. I played in its prestigious chamber orchestra many times. There are very few works in the classical cannon I do not know and love.

    I feel sad at the limitation of your musical scope, and your seeming unawareness of that fact. I feel happy at a world of Alkan, Liszt, Satie, Debussy, pink fairies & palestrina that waits to delight you

  • Charming. Are you always in the practice of so graciously submitting your resume along with your opinions?

  • Dear stintedreasoning, kindly learn the meaning of the word opinion. If you read my response to poor old pedrinhophavon's display of his ignorance you will find i did not express a single opinion. The aim of the response was to help the guy realise that it is possible to love the classical period and still love early music.

    And the point of your charming response was?

  • I've got a predictable number one favourite composer - Johann Sebastian Bach. But Guillaume Dufay is my runner-up!

  • hello, ever heard of Mozart, Handel, or Haydn?

  • Yes.

  • Yes and no

  • You should study history of the music before saying that.

  • Lucasfro knows no music history

  • You know me, by the way? I said anything wrong? You are comparing Dufay with Mozart? And then I do not know music history? Let's compare Beatles to Bach, then!!! "John Lennon was a stupid one, guess he never knew how to compose a fugue!!!"

  • LucasFro said something wrong. LucasFro does not know music history. LucasFro is a stupid one, not knowing how to compose a fugue.

  • Yes, I really do not know how to compose a fugue. But, that's not what we are discussing here.

  • what we are discussing here is the fact that Lucasfro does not know how to compose a fugue

  • I truly think that nakedBison69 doesn´t know about the meaning of the word " politeness" and that our dear prairie buffalo should not pose such nasty comments again. Greetings from Germany gentlemen and just enjoy the music instead of arguing about things which don ´t make sense

  • andi84chen84 does not know the meaning of the world politeness and should not post such nasty comments again. andi84chen84 argues about things which make no sense

  • "This is really really bad". By what standard? Because it doesn't have cymbals? Because it doesn't have violins? Because it's not all ornaments and frippery, and rather an experiment in the depth and complexity the human voice can convey?

    This is a beautiful prayer, set to a strange, mysterious melody. I think it is the height of ignorance to proclaim one of the best composers of early music---arguably of all time---is "really bad" just because it doesn't immediately suit your conventions.

  • Stupenda, mi porta in cielo..

  • Gorgeous! I love Dufay.

    I noticed that there was nothing in those pictures that Dufay himself might not have seen and been inspired by.

  • naturalmente il concilio ha abolito tutti questi canti che facevano pregare

  • May i suggest a better meaning to this title: "hail, the sea of stars!"

  • actually the old ones better

  • un incanto senza tempo

  • dio quanto mi piace....

  • ive been looking for this for a long time, thank you.

  • this is extraordinary. thank you. this is an example of an outstanding experience because of unusual music.

  • Thanks so much for this lovely video.

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